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Object Number
47-54-70/2470
Display Title
Cocoanut grater
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Grater, carved, flat, oval, with a shell at each knob end, painted human heads
Classification
- Raw Material
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Wood, Shell, Pigment, Resin
Dimensions
Overall: 77 x 12.3 x 6.5 cm (30 5/16 x 4 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
(D.39.1029.); D.39.1029; 47-54-70/2470
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